People · China
Chengxi Shen (沈承希)
3×3 one-handed · top 2.7% of 74,621 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019SHEN18
Chengxi Shen (沈承希) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.75, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in China. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2019, he has put 242 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.65 in August 2019 to 8.20, a 40% improvement. Chengxi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.75 | 13.41 | top 2.7% | 236 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 8.20 | 9.32 | top 3.2% | 1,193 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 39.79 | 48.97 | top 12.0% | 1,303 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 4.94 | top 23.9% | 4,023 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 6.39 | 8.47 | top 28.9% | 1,800 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 11.28 | 13.25 | top 31.4% | 766 / 1,887 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.49 | 10.70 | top 32.0% | 3,550 / 10,269 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.40 at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 21 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019. A 13.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yangshuo Teng (滕仰硕) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.